President Donald Trump has ordered flags nationwide to be flown at half-staff on Tuesday, July 23, 2019, to honor the life of John Paul Stevens, retired Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.

Due to the increase in traffic volumes expected during the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, the South Dakota Department of Transportation will activate temporary traffic signals at the following locations:

MOUND CITY, S.D. ? A Bloomington, CA man has been identified as the person who died last Wednesday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash that occurred south of Mound City.

South Dakota Department of Transportation officials say bridge repair work on the Interstate 29 northbound bridge over the Big Sioux River will begin on Wednesday, July 24, 2019.

YANKTON, S.D. ? One man died late Saturday night in a one-vehicle crash west of Yankton

The South Dakota Department of Transportation says work to mill and resurface Highway 324 east of Interstate 29 and Highway 13 from the junction of Highway 324 south for 6.1 miles will begin on Tuesday, July 23, 2019.

South Dakotans value the dollar. We don?t spend money we don?t have. We live within our means. We understand the importance of the bottom line.

Barb Stork, a retired businesswoman from Dakota Dunes, has been named to the South Dakota Board of Regents by Gov. Kristi Noem.

The Department of Labor and Regulation (DLR) reminds workers, self-employed individuals and farmworkers in Turner County that the deadline to file for Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) is Friday, July 26.

Brand failed to report to his work release jobsite or return to the Rapid City Community Work Center on July 18.

PIERRE, SD ? The State of South Dakota and the Federal Emergency Management Agency will close the disaster recovery center on the Cheyenne River Reservation at 6 p.m. Mountain time Wednesday, July 24. The center is located at the Cultural Preservation Center, 98 S. Willow St., Eagle Butte. The closure comes as the center has seen a decline in visitation as area residents are moving forward in their recovery.

TEA, S.D. ? A Sioux Falls man has been identified as the person who died Sunday afternoon in a tractor crash northwest of Tea.

The South Dakota Department of Transportation, in collaboration with the City of Rapid City, Pennington County and the Rapid City Area MPO, will hold a public open house at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 23, at the Event Center at Black Hills Energy, (7001 Mount Rushmore Road) in Rapid City to inform area residents of the beginning of the U.S. Highway 16 Corridor Study.

The South Dakota Department of Transportation says work to mill and resurface Highway 212 from Highway 15 south junction to the Minnesota border will begin on Tuesday, July 23, 2019.

MOUND CITY, S.D. ? One man died Wednesday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash that occurred south of Mound City.

South Dakota has received the highest rating possible under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, or IDEA, for both Parts B and C for the most recent reporting year of federal fiscal year 2017. The state is one of only 14 across the country to meet the requirements and purposes of IDEA under both Parts B and C, according to information released recently from the U.S. Department of Education.

Officials with the South Dakota Department of Transportation say Highway 79 from the Highway 168 junction to the junction of Highway 20 at Reva is CLOSED to thru traffic.

Deadlines for all South Dakota State Fair open class entries are right around the corner.

State prison inmate Troy Quick Bear has been placed on escape status.

MITCHELL, S.D. ? The South Dakota Department of Transportation says chip seal and fog seal applications will be applied to several highways in the Mitchell Area of the state beginning Thursday, July 18.